Please join me, Madame Zombra, in the future for a little astral travel, if you will. We shall look at the planets in their transits as they occur, not as prophecy but as signposts for our journey. In columns ahead, if you have questions, you may use the Comments section to ask them and I will do my best to answer your query.
Welcome back, Stargazers! This week we’re inching closer to the final planets of our Solar system, with the discussion of Neptune and Astronomy. Neptune is the eighth known planet in our Solar System and located roughly 2.8 billion miles from the Sun. In the history of Astronomy, it holds the unique status as the only planet to be discovered using mathematics rather than direct telescopic observation. Because […]
A most unfailing experience… of the excitement of sublunary (that is, human) natures by the conjunctions and aspects of the planets has instructed and compelled my unwilling belief. Johann Kepler Who am I to question such authority? – MZ
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Welcome back, Stargazers! This week we’ll explore Uranus and astrology plus the myths surrounding this unique planet. In both astrology and folklore, Uranus symbolizes rebellion, sudden change, and innovation. In the world of astrology, it’s the planet that disrupts the status quo, pushing individuals and generations toward freedom, originality, and new ways of thinking. It governs anything that breaks
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This is a nice aspect, exact in the early hours today, and raising prospects of better cooperation between factions with a feeling of generosity and compassion for others, traits which seem to have been in short supply for many months now. We haven’t given up our idealistic inner urges, no matter how awful the news
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New pronunciation and new information on Uranus Welcome back Stargazers! July 13, 2026 Uranus ED Hope everyone enjoyed the spectacular moon display over the 4th of July weekend. We’re going to look into the wonders of Uranus this week. As the seventh planet from the Sun and the third largest by diameter in the Solar System, Uranus is a unique
And here we are – at 250 years, in a country even older than I, Madame Zombra, and yet still in its building years. That’s a good thing, in my estimation. Because your favorite astrologer has taken umbrage at many of the changes instituted by an inept, divisive and chaotic ‘administration’ while purporting to improve
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Welcome back Stargazers! We’re going to visit the magnificent gas giant famous for its massive ring system, the sixth planet from the Sun – Saturn. Similar to its cousin, the gas giant Jupiter, Saturn is a massive ball made mostly of hydrogen and helium. Even though there are other planets with rings, none are more striking or as complicated as Saturn’s. And after a
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The planet Mercury, courtesy of NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington As of Sunday, June 29, Mercury will have gone into retrograde motion as seen from our own Earth. But don’t despair, ducks – take advantage of the next few weeks (until July 23, 2026). “What’s that?” you’re grumbling. “Take advantage of
Welcome back Stargazers! We’re going to continue to dwell in the world of Jupiter, its influence in astrology and the myths that surround this gentle (?) giant of our solar system. Myths of Jupiter: It’s often assumed that Jupiter (Roman) and Zeus (Greek) were essentially the same in stature, power and society’s daily life. But
If you know your Latin (LOL – that’s a joke. Do they even teach it in high school any more?), you look at the word ‘dis – aster’ and figure it’s got to mean something about a planet, or asteroid, or out there somewhere. (Or Somewhere Out There – love that song. Great one for